Advertising device.



I. SENGER.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR- 19, M5.

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JOSEPH SENGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

Application filed March 19, 1915. Serial N 0. 15,432.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosErH SENGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York,

have invented a new and Improved Advertising Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to means for attracing attention to advertisements which are displayed in public conveyances. V

The invention is characterized by the provision of a wheeled carriage in a frame attached to the advertising card displayed in public conveyances, which carriage is adapted to carry an advertising member and which will move relatively to the advertising card, due to the ascent or descent of the conveyance on the track, and also due to the sudden arrest or start of the conveyance on its track.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, attractive and inexpensive means for attracting attention to an advertisement displayed in a public conveyance.

A further object of the invention is an advertising device, which can be easily and quickly attached to advertising cards already in use in public conveyances.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an elevation of an advertising card for a public conveyance, provided with an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged similar view, showing certain parts thereof broken away and showing the details of construction. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33, Fig. 2; Fig. 1 is a similar section on the line M, Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevation of the frame for the carriage, showing the same open to accommodate the carriage; and Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 9 represents a carriage supporting frame, preferably stamped of sheet metal. The frame is of an elongated form and has two alining rectangular openings 10 and 11, which are separated by a bridge portion 12, forming part of the frame 9. A portion 13 of the frame at the opening 11fis movable relative to the main body of the frame, said portion 13 being pivoted at 14 to the main body of the frame, and a catch 15 is provided adjacent the end of the frame, whereby the portion 13 can be maintained locked tothe main body of the frame. By moving the portion 13 as shown in Fig. 5, the opening 11 is increased in size.

The opening 10 at the end of the frame is provided with an enlargement 16 adapted to accommodate a grooved Wheel or roller 17 carried by the carriage frame 18 at one end thereof, the grooved roller 17 being adapted to engage the longitudinal edges of the openings 10. By bringing the roller 17 toward the bridge portion 12, and opening the frame, as shown in Fig. 5, the grooved roller 19 of the carriage can be engagedwith the opening 11 and maintained in engagement when the frame is closed, as shown in Fig. 2. The bridge portion 12 is adapted to engage the roller 19, before the roller 17 is in register with the enlargement 16 of the opening 10. Thus when the frame is closed, the carriage is prevented from disengagement from the carriage-supporting frame 9.

The frame 9 adjacent the longitudinal edges, is provided with shouldered prongs 20, the portion 18 of the frame beingwithout prongs, so that the same can be moved relatively to the frame 9, when the frame is secured to an advertising card 21, by means of the said prongs 20. The shoulders 26 of the prongs 20, space the frame 9 from the advertising card 21, so as to clear the rollers engaged thereby, from the advertising card. The carriage frame 18 also has prongs 22 at the ends thereof, adapted to clamp an advertising member 23, preferably in the shape of a card carrying some printed matter for attracting attention.

The rollers of the carriage being free to roll, will cause the displacement of the carriage relatively to the frame 9and consequently will cause the displacement of the member 28 relatively tothe advertising card 21. In view of the fact that the carriage is mounted to roll in the frame, the resistance is reduced to a minimum and the slightest unevenness in the roadbed of the vehicle, will cause the displacement of the carriage frame 18 within the frame 9. A sudden stop or start of the vehicle carrying my advertising device, will cause a displacement of the carriage frame 18 relatively to the frame 9.

Thus the advertising member 23 will move relatively to the advertising card 21, thus attracting attention to the advertising matter.

It will be noted that my device is very simple in structure, as the carriage frame 18 consists of a longitudinal member, at the end of which grooved rollers are provided, which grooved rollers are in engagement with the longitudinal edges of the openings in the frame. The grooved rollers by their engagement with the frame 9 prevent any lateral displacement of the carriage relatively to the frame, although they permit a longitudinal displacement of the carriage within the frame.

lVhile I have described the principle of operation, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In combination with an advertising card for a public conveyance, a member of stamped sheet metal having elongated openings therein, a carriage having rollers engaging the openings, shouldered prongs on the member engaged in the card, so that the shoulders of the prongs space the member from the card to clear the rollers of the carriage from the card, and an indicating member on the carriage for cooperating with the advertising card.

2. As an article of manufacture an advertising device for an advertising card in a public conveyance comprising an elongated member formed of sheet metal said member having two elongated openings, a carriage having rollers detachably engaging, the openings of the member, and shouldered prongs projecting from said member.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH SENGER.

Witnesses:

AUG. M. NIEIENGARDEN, LEONARD ALLEN.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. 0." 

